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MontanaHatchet on 16 March 2009
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atma998 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
atma998 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Yes, the Wii will pass the PSP in Japan.

Align their launches and see for yourself:

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii®1=Japan&cons2=PSP®2=Japan&cons3=PSP®3=Japan&weeks=225

If the PSP were to win, then the PSP would have to sell this well forever, and the Wii would have to have this drought forever. Both are possible, but I highly doubt that's what will happen.

The PS3 is selling better than the 360 when you align launches, so...

It won't happen. Japan is very handheld oriented now and even big games like Monster Hunter or Dragon Quest couldn't fill a gap that large.

 

Are you serious??? I thought you were a good analyzer but that doesnt seem to be the case. Let's talk about that in a couple of months.

 

How about now? Perhaps you should tell me why you quoted my post just to tell me how terrible I am at analyzing and not providing any reasons. Go ahead, I'll wait.

 

 

 It's quite simple you seem to underestimate the two phenomenons that are MH and DQ in Japan. MH is THE reason why the PSP performs so well in Japan (just take a look of PSP sales before MH and after MH). MH2G is the only game with great legs in that market. DQ is even bigger. So with those 2 games it's obvious Wii will outsell PSP.

I don't underestimate them, I understand them just fine. But you seem to forget that Monster Hunter isn't the only reason the PSP performs so well in Japan. It's Monster Hunter, Crisis Core, the various Gundam games, and a variety of colors and models. Monster Hunter is definitely the biggest series for the PSP in Japan and it does a lot to drive hardware sales, but we still have no idea how successful it will be on the Wii. Brain Age 2 on the DS sold over 5 million in Japan, while Big Brain Academy on the Wii only sold 400k. There are a bunch of other examples that prove that success on one platform doesn't necessarily equal success on another. Dragon Quest is a big series, and I expect it to move a lot of hardware. Still, a gap of nearly 4 million (and growing every week) won't just go away because of 2 games. The PSP, even after the launch of MH2G and the PSP-3000 and a bunch of new colors has only moved an additional 3.1 million units over the course of a whole year. Not only that, but the PSP won't be standing still. The Wii will have to not only sell more every week, but have an advantage in numbers that will eventually close the gap between the two consoles.